Pierre Lepautre
Pierre Lepautre may refer to: * Pierre Lepautre (1648–1716), French engraver, who played a role in the development of rococo * Pierre Lepautre (1659–1744), French sculptor {{Hndis, Lepautre, Pierre ...
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Pierre Lepautre (1648–1716)
Pierre Lepautre or Le Pautre (1652 – 16 November 1716) was a French draughtsman, engraver and architect, especially known as an ''ornemaniste'', a prolific designer of ornament that presages the coming Rococo style.Kimball 1943, pp. 62–64, etc. He was the son of the designer and engraver Jean Lepautre and nephew of the architect Antoine Lepautre.Souchal 1981, pp. 437–441. His appointment in 1699 as ''Dessinateur'' in the Bâtiments du Roi, the official design department of the French monarchy, headed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart and later Robert de Cotte in the declining years of Louis XIV, was signalled by the historian of the Rococo, Fiske Kimball Sidney Fiske Kimball (1888 – 1955) was an American architect, architectural historian and museum director. A pioneer in the field of architectural preservation in the United States, he played a leading part in the restoration of Monticel ..., as a starting point in the genesis of the new style. Notes Bibliography ...
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